Allwood BW

Jun 27, 2024 | bmjopenrespres.bmj.com | Allwood BW |Victor Vega |Víctor Manuel Villalba Vega |Javier Cabrera-Sanchez |Sharon Rodriguez

DiscussionWe reviewed studies on individual risk factors for TB recurrence, relapse or reinfection and document a wide array of sociodemographic and behavioural factors, clinical and treatment characteristics of the previous episode, and comorbidities that have been investigated over the past four decades.

Oct 9, 2023 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Allwood BW |Byrne AL |Marais BJ |Mitnick CD

TuberculosisRESPIRATORY MEDICINE (see Thoracic Medicine)PUBLIC HEALTHTo our knowledge, this will be the first prospective study to investigate post-tuberculosis lung damage (PTLD) in a Chinese population with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). This study will contribute to knowledge concerning the development and biomarkers of PTLD related to cigarette smoking.

Sep 10, 2023 | erj.ersjournals.com | Anthony Byrne |Allwood BW |Brian Allwood |Ingrid Schoeman

To the Editor:We read with interest the systematic review by Ivanova et al. [1], recently published in the European Respiratory Review, highlighting significant long-term lung function impairment experienced by people that survive tuberculosis (TB).

May 1, 2023 | openres.ersjournals.com | Allwood BW |Juan Pablo López-Cervantes |Mathias Holm |Sanjay Gyawali

DiscussionThis is one of the first large population-based studies addressing the association of TB infection with asthma and respiratory symptoms in a low TB incidence setting, namely a Nordic–Baltic population. We found that a history of TB infection, mostly before young adulthood, was associated with higher odds of having asthma and respiratory symptoms at age 50–75 years. The associations were consistent across different definitions of asthma and symptom-based outcomes.